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LONG BLACH 


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The City 

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liy SIDNEY C. KENDALL. 

Y*^ROM the many factors which combine to make it certain that the 
*Tm recent rapid growth of Long- Beach is but the presage of vastly 
* greater importance and prosperity in the near future, four may be 

selected as of the first importance. It is the residence section of a seaport 
already of consequence, and destined to be one of the important ones of 
the world ; it is the trade center of a prosperous and fertile agricultural 
territory ; it is a seaside resort of foremost attractiveness ; and nature and 
man have joined in making it peculiarly desirable as a place of homes. A 
brief consideration of these points, in their order, will be worth the while. 
The eastern coast of America is one continual succession of sheltering 
bays and possible harbors ; the western coast is very difl'erent in this 
respect. There are few rivers or estuaries, and the shore line is seldom 
broken. In the past this was of little consequence, so few were the vessels 
that braved the terrors of Cape Horn. All this has been changed by the 
opening to trade of the great nations of the Orient ; the acquisition by the 
United States of the Philippines and the Hawaiian Islands ; the creation of 
English-speaking empires in the Australias, and the marvellous develop- 
ment of the Pacific Coast. The scene of the world's greatest activity is 




Point Fikmin and Lighthouse. 



Reprinted from On/ HV.t/ Macrazine. June. 1003. 




Nkw Hkkakwatek at San Pkdko. 



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shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Ships have multiplied and 
sea-going commerce has increased at an amazing rate ; and the canal across 
the isthmus will add tremendous impetus to the movement. It has recently 
been said by one whose words carry weight, " Yonder is the stage upon 
which the world's greatest drama is to be played. Here— is the stage en- 
trance. Here is the door to India, China, Japan, Australia, the South Seas, 




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Pakk View Hui kl, Pacific Avknte. Ur. Davis, Pioprietor. 



the west coast of South America, Mexico and Alaska— in fact to the rich- 
est of the old world and the new, with a tolerably overwhelming- majority 
of the world's population and productivity, and a range in each to which 
knowledge writes not one addendum."* 




Aloha Plats— Apartment Building. Miss Clara Belcher, Proprietress 



* Chas. P. Lurnmis in " The Right Hand of the Continent." 



Nature has done much to prepare the way for a f,'-reat seaport upon San 
Pedro Bay. Yonder lofty hill is Palos Verdes, throwing^ out Point Firmin 
like a protecting- arm half around the bay of San Pedro. Along the south- 
ern, horizon for thirty niiks stretches ihe mountainous island of Catalina, 
and beyond this the island of San Clemente. Thus the bay is almost 
landlocked. --~,,-™„^-^ 

What Nature has done, man has supplemented. Several transcontinental 
railways find their terminals at this point — the tide-water end of the easiest 
grade and the shortest route across the continent, many hundred miles 
nearer than San Francisco to the proposed Isthmian canal. It is safe and 
easy of access in all conditions of tide and weather. It is on the direct 
route to our new possessions across the Pacific. The rapid g^rowth of Los 




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Angeles still further determines the approximate location of the seaport 
of the Southwest. 

All these things are pointed out in the report of the United States Gov- 
ernment Board of Engineers ; and their decision in favor of a Deep Sea 
Harbor has never wavered. Acting upon their decision, the Government 
is expending $3,000,000 in building what is probably the larg-est breakwater 
in the world. Three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars is also going 
into the initial work of dredging the entrance to the Inner Harbor, whose 
dimensions will surpass those of Liverpool or London, and which will be sur. 
rounded by wharves and warehouses, where ships of all nations will unload 
the products of all climes, and from which trains will bear them inland to 
every part of the nation. The shadow of the coming greatness already 
appears ; for the harbor receipts of San Pedro doubled in 1902, and bid fair 
to double again in 1903. In lumber receipts San Pedro ranks next to San 
Francisco. And, at the present rate of increase, in one year San Pedro 
will hi the first lumber receiving and shippini,'- port on the Pacific Coast. 



Visitors have commented upon the deserted appearance of the Pacific 
ocean as compared with the Atlantic in the vicinity of the seaports of the 
East. Such comments are becoming less frequent as the offing- around 
Point Fermin is animated with the sails and fuiniels of vessels comin^'^ and 
going-, and the harbor is studded with the masts of those swinj^-ing on their 
cables. The bay is accjuiring a naval as well as a commercial repute. A 
squadron of the Pacific fleet consisting of the New York, Boston, Marble- 
head, Kanger, and the training ship Alert, recently cast atichor before 
Long Beach. Naval manoeuvres were performed, and each vessel in turn 
engaged in target practice with the heaviest guns. Before kis departure, 
Admiral Glass stated that he found the bay in front of the city of Long 
Beach, with its secure anchorage, its clear atmosphere and its broad placid 
expanse so admirably adapted for naval manu;uvres. and especially target 




Annual Encampment of the Veterans of the G. A. R. 



practice, that he was certain that it would be frequently used for such 
purposes. 

These are among the reasons why Long Beach has become conscious of 
her maritime character and expectant of a commercial destiny whose pos- 
sibilities are not easy to over-estimate. Long Beach shares all that the 
future has for San Pedro Baj'. She is within three miles of the outer 
harbor, and one branch of the inner harbor will approach very near to her 
western limit. 

The supremacy of Long Beach in this respect is not gained at the cost 
of dreary sand Hats, or barren, rocky clifts ; but here the fertile plain of 
California pushes forward a plateau whose rich products overhang the 







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Naval Vessels at Anchor off Long Beach, 




Rksidence of R. H. Tkipp, 343 West Ocean I'uvU Avenue. 

clifi' whose base is sprinkled with the surf of the highest tides. From the 
verj' edge of the bkifl" extends a rolling plain, whose products are so much 
in demand that five acres support a household. Instead of farms of one 
hundred to three hundred acres, scattering a sparse population over a vast 




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area, and producing ,that lisolationlwhich 
makes rural life so distasteful to many 
persons, five or ten acres here make a 
homestead. The result is that a country 
road resembles a suburban street, with 
homes near enongh to be neighborly, en- 
joying the school, the church, the library, 
the telephone, the electric car and rural 
delivery. The country roads are, indeed, 
but extensions of the city streets. As 
they are built up they are finished with 
cement sidewalks and treated with oil. 
Homes less than two years old are already 
embowered in foliage and blossoms, and 
each one is within hail of its neighbor. 
In nearly every house is a piano and the 
latest magazine. 

Some of these rural homes are occu- 
pied by families which have means to 
live upon. Side by side with these 
are families which must make their 
living out of their little ranches. That 
they are able to do this and live in comfort 
is due to the following reasons : The soil 
is very fertile, and being free from stumps 
or stone, every inch is available. The 
climate is such that culture goes on all 
the year round. Every month in the year 
the rancher has something for the market. 
The proximity of a popular seaside resort, 
thronged with visitors winter and sum- 
mer, provides a market at good prices for 
all manner of local products, especially 
small fruits, eggs and chickens. For ex- 
ample, a single acre of berries has paid 
about $1000 in one year. 

The greatest reason is stated last, and 
that is the abundance of water. The peace 
of mind that is suggested by this an- 
nouncement can be best appreciated by the 
rancher who has suffered during recent 
dry years from a diminishing water sup- 
ply. Rival water companies supply city 
and suburbsabundantly and cheaply. The 
city also owns a tract of water-bearing 
land with a view to developing its own 
water supply. The supply is from artesian 
wells one thousand feet deep. So great 
is the underground pressure that the water 
rises by gravitation, and is piped to the 
consumer without coming into contact 
with the atmosphere. No reservoir is 



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used, except for irrigation. The water is remarkably soft and pure. It 
is almost a specific for kidney troubles. So abundant is the flow that 
there are streams and lakes, rushes and water fowl, where formerly there 
were only cactus and horned toads. It is a great deal to say that the 
Long Beach citizen or suburbanite may have all the water he wants 
for all purposes. 

Domestic water for house and garden, costs Si. 00 per month. Acreage 
in plantation can be irrigated for the highest culture at a cost of three dol- 
lars a year per acre. 

The choicest land about Long Beach is on the southern slopes of Signal 
and Reservoir hills. Here, above frosts and fogs, oranges, lemons and 
guavas are raised successfully, contrary to opinion that such fruits can- 




The Kkach on a Holiday. 

not be grown in the vicinity of the ocean. Acreage on these hills is be- 
coming very valuable, as it is being rapidlj' bought up for residences. 

It can easily be seen why Long Beach has become the popular watering 
place for Southern California. Here, there, and yonder, are the various 
pleasure cities whose thrift and beauty have made them famous. Queen 
among them is Los Angeles, the Capital of the Southwest. They are all 
reaching eagerly along their electric lines to join hands with the City by 
the Sea. The Pacific Electric Railway is making the entire country one 
vast suburb. A smooth, straight, double-tracked electric railway — one of 
the finest in the world— makes a direct and luxurious avenue to the sea. 
Every fifteen minutes the palatial cars are darting along, making it easy 
for the inland dweller to skip down to the ocean and take his plunge, 
either in the surf, or in the magnificent swimming bath. This railway has 

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been running- for only a year, and it already has branches east and west 
opening- up outlying tracts and making them available for suburban 
homes. 

The Southern Pacific and Salt Lake railways also reach Long Beach. 
The latter is the new short line which will soon connect Salt Lake 
City with the sea. It owns Terminal Island below Long Beach, giving 




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control of the east side of San Pedro harbor, and breaking the monopoly 
control of the water front, which might otherwise prove disastrous. The 
Salt Lake Railway has improved its road bed and rolling stock, until its 
equipment and service are strictly up-to-date, running frequent trains, and 
several " flyers" which make the trip from L,os Angeles without stopping. 





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Residence of Mr. J. B. Heartwell, 407 Cedar Avenue. 

The permanent population of nearly 7,000 (for city and suburbs) consists 
largely of new-comers, as it has doubled in the past two years, and prom- 
ises to do so again within the next two. The citizens are above the aver- 
age for thrift and intelligence. Many of them have retired to spend their 




Residence oi- Mk. Chas. L. lli aiviwi 

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Residence of Dr. L. A. Perce, 413 Pacific Avenue. 

declining years where climate and situation are mutually agreeable. Many 
of the older merchants and professional men are now building elegant 
homes on the most popular streets, thus displaying the improvement in 
their circumstances. To this is added the moving population, the comers 




Residence ofU)k. Ivf.s, Cedar Avenue. 
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\Vm. Schilling & Sons, Pine Aveaue. 

and goers, that find in Long Beach the ideal pleasure and health resort. 
It is estimated that during special pleasure seasons or upon holiday occa- 
sions, the little city not infrequently becomes the temporary home, at least, 
of not less than thirty or forty thousand. 




Wm. Schilling i Sons, Pine Avenue 




Residence of Mr. A. B. Clapp, Cedar Avenue. 
The retail business of the city is much larger than its permanent popu- 
lation would seem to warrant. In fact the number of visitors is such as 
to give lyong Beach the appearance of a city of twice or three times its 
population. 




Residence of Mr. Jotham Bixby, Corne Mag-nolia and Ocean Avenue. 

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Residence of Mr. S. H. Wheeler, West Ocean Park Avenue. 

Fullj' alive to the fact that this is the chosen spot for a perfect all-year- 
round resort, Long Beach has provided a commodious Pavilion which at 
high tide stands directly over the dashing surf. The Long Beach Marine 
Band here holds open air concerts the year round, and thousands of people 




Residhnck of Mk. Fkank L. Wingakd, 13'' Liiulen Avenue 
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during every day of the year, whether it be midwinter or ;in the midst of 
summer, linger here in happy enjoyment as the nnirmur of the surf blends 
with the orchestral strains. 

To this attraction is added the magnificent Bath House, completed within 
the year at a cost of nearly 1100,000. Outside of San fTrancisco, it has no 
equal on the Pacific Coast. There are about 500 dressing rooms as well as 
hot, cold and salt baths with the most modern equipment in every detail. 
The upper portion of the Bath House is devoted to an extensive promenade, 
and here, protected by awnings, one has a grand, unobstructed view of 
the ocean and beach. Extensive bowling alleys are also provided for those 
who desire the sport, and adjoin the Bath House on the ground floor. There 
is also every response to the seeker of water sports in the line of launches 




Fun in the Breakers at Long Beach. 



Photo by Bacon 



and pleasure craft, together with the fishing boats that are always within 
ready call. 

Two strong banks have had a growing business for several years, and 
recently a third bank has been organized. Besides these, there are also 
two savings banks. 

There is now under construction a sewer system, and a commercial and 
pleasure wharf 2,000 feet long is an immediate prospect. 

Concerning real estate, it may be said, that while prices have advanced 
at an astonishing rate, they have not more than kept pace with the march 
of improvements. Land that was sold as acreage four years ago is now 
traversed by graded streets and cement sidewalks, thickly bordered with 
elegant residences occupied by families of culture who have made here 

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Residenck of Mr. John Carroll, Corner Fourth and Junipero. 

their permanent homes. When prices have advanced by reason of im- 
provements like these, they have usually advanced permanently. And that 
is largely the case with Long- Beach. 

The transition from a mere resort to a city of permanent homes cannot 
be better illustrated than by a glance at the churches and schools. 




Residence of Mr. F. E. Robinson, West Ocean Park Avenue. 




Some Long Bkach chckchks. 

Long Beach has reason to be proud of her schools. A few j-ears ago a 
single building sufficed. Then came the era of educational expansion. 
The High School was organized with an attendance of 20. It has now an 
enrollment of 150 and the use of a building costing with its equipment 
$22,000. This building is recognized as the model of architectural beauty 
and stands second to none in Southern California in any respect, being a 
fitting monument to the culture of the city and the lavish attention of her 




Residence of Mr. C. D. Paink, 1250 East Ocean Avenue. 

people to any investment that will beautify the place or otherwise improve 
her advantages. Next the Atlantic Avenue school was built, costing $15,- 
000. "Within a year this was found to be inadequate, and the West Side 
Grammar School was built at a cost of $20,000. The city has just voted 
$25,000 for the next new school in the suburbs of Alamitos, thus keeping up 




Residence of Mr. G. W. Hughe? 
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Long Beach High School. 



Photo by Bacon 



the record of building one every year. Many families have located in Long 
Beach for the purpose of enjoying- the advantages of her schools. 

Nine church organizations own property approximating $100,000 in value, 
while several recently-formed congregations are as yet without a building. 
The Methodist Resort Association Tabernacle is the headquarters of the 




Long Beach Grammak Schooi,. 
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Mks. H. C. Dillon, President of Long- Beach Ebell Society. 

^''Cultivation is as necessary to the mind 
as food to the body.''' — Cicero. 




The Long- Beach Ebell Society (a literary club for women), was organ- 
ized in 1896, and federated in 1898. 

The object of this society is advancement in all lines of general culture. 

The work is divided into sections for the study of Cicero, Shakespeare, 
the Bible, etc. 

The membership, which was at first limited to twenty, has been extended 
to all — the club now numbering eighty. 





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Chautauqua Assembly. Here for ten days in July may be heard orators 
and vocalists of continental fame. The vast audieiices that gather for 
these occasions give their intellectual tone to the society of the town. The 




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Tabernacle is also the recognized place for conferences and conventions of 
many churches and societies. The convention season commences in Ma}- 
and continues till late in the fall. The old Tabernacle, that has been the 
scene of many stirring- occasions, is outgrovrn and plans for a new audi- 
torium for convention purposes, to seat 5,000, have been accepted at this 
vrriting. 

The moral sentiment of the town finds expression in the vigorous " No 
Saloon " policy which has recently been commended and adopted by the 
most progressive communities in Southern California. 

If there be in California any community healthier — physically, morally 
or socially— or with greater promise of sound and lasting prosperity than 
Long Beach, the writer is not acquainted with it. No attempt has been 
made in this article to do more than suggest its points of advantage and 
attraction, but there is an energetic Board of Trade which will supply de- 
tailed and exact information to any enquirer. 

BATHING AT LONG BEACH. 

" Behold yon lofty portico and stately colonnade 
Where the proud builder has his skill displayed. 
Through whose damp runways every moment press 
Women with damp attire and men with — less. 
'Tis the great bath-house in whose capacious tank 
Sports a gay multitude of every rank. 
Survey it well, admire it if you will ; 
It cost a hundred thousand by the bill." 

The great advantage of the bath-house is that it enables one to acquire 
the art of swimming in still water of graduated depth. It is also several 
degrees warmer than the ocean. The bath-house is open all the year 

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1. Mr. Jolia Ena's. 



Some Uong Beach Homes. 
2. Mr. T. W. Williams'. 3. Mr. C. P. Patterson's. 



4. Dr. J. W. Wood's. 




Residences of Mk. Wm. Welch, E. Ocean Park Avenue. 

round, and is very largely patronized, people coming by the carload from 
the interior towns. Every evening it is thronged qntil a late hour. 

Surf bathing, however, still draws the multitude. It looks alarming to 
a new-comer to see those walls of water, capped with foam, rising in thi 




Residence of Mr. J. V, Bartow, 1086 American Avenue. 
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A 362-PoDND Jew-Fish, Taken Near Long Beach 




Bay View Transfer. A. B. Rothrock, Proprietor, 
back-ground higher than the heads of the crowd of bathers. But every- 
thing has been done to make it perfectly safe. A certain area has been 
enclosed with ropes and floats, and expert surf-men are in constant at- 
tendance. Therelis not, and never was, any danger for those who are satis- 







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fied with surf bathing in shallow water. And now for the protection of 
those who venture beyond the surf a boat is constantly moored just outside 
the line of breakers. No drowning has taken place since the life-saving 
service was installed. 




E. L. WiNGAKD Block, Pine Street. 
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SPORT AT LONG BEACH. 

The picture on pag'e 34 is a story without words. Anything- we could 
write upon sport at Long Beach would be less eloquent than that monster 
suspended between his captors. That such a giant could be taken with a 




CouGiiRAN Block, Corner Pine and Fii-;. 
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Mr. F. C. Yeoman's. 



Anothkk Gkoui' of Long JIeach Homf:s. 
Mr. J. A Miller's. Mr. Harry Barndoller's. 



Mr. Geo. F. Hirsch's. 




RKSIDBNCE (II Mk-. 1'. L. SPADLDING. 

line is almost past belief. Yet the slight rod and reel in the hand of the 
elder man is the only apparatus that was used in capturing this tish weigh- 
ing 362 pounds. The Long Beach professionals place set lines several miles 
out at sea. These lines are of great length, and support hundreds of hooks 





Residence of Mk. J. Dkiskill, 014 Locust Avenue. 

baited for halibut. Larger fish are also attracted, and then comes the 
opportunity of the sporting- fisherman. The jew-fish, or sea-bass, in our 
picture, was taken near one of these set lines. Once fairly hooked, the fish 
took charge and dragged the boat over the ocean for two hours before 




RESIDENCE OF Mk. T. H. Bkown, 1043 E. Fuurlli Street. 
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Residence of Mk. F. A Parker, 509 Cedar Avenue. 



being brought to gaff. Most amateurs, however, vrould be satisfied with 
sport of less heroic proportions. For these a trip on a fishing boat with 
a trolling line affords great entertainment. Yellow-tail, sea-bass, barra- 
cuda, bonita, albicore, and many others are taken in this manner, their 
weights ranging upward to fifty pounds. 




Ki sill]. NCI oi Mk'. T. a. Si ) rill ns, American Aveiuu 




Residenck of Mk. S. Merrill, 527 Cedar Avenue. 

More sedentary and less exciting is angling- on the pier, where herring, 
smelts, surf-fish and mackerel are taken. There is also frequently a run 
of much larger fish within reach of the man on the pier. Besides the usual 
run of edible fish, occasionally monsters are drawn up on the pier, such as 




Residence of Mr. D. M. Catk, Kasi C^coan i'ark Avenue. 
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A Spouting Well of the Citizens Water Company. 



sun-fish, sharks and porpoises. Thus the loungers on the pier are con* 
stantly expectant of some interesting [piscatorial event. 
The hauling of the seine on the beach also affords unich interest. 

THK WATKK SUl'PI.Y. 

The picture on the opposite page illustrates the water supply of Long 
Beach. These mighty spouting wells are changing the face of the country. 
Holes are bored eight hundred or a thousand feet deep, and water rises by 
its own force until it stands several feet above the top of a twelve-inch 
pipe. It is piped into the town and supplies force enough for fire purposes. 

Only those who live in an arid country can appreciate the statement that 
water is abundant, pure and cheap. Water can be piped to every acre for 
miles around hong Reach. Such is the effect of the great irrigation facil- 
ities in this neighborhood, that on both sides of the car lines the land is 
green and luxuriant at every season, contrasting pleasantly with the arid 
appearance of the country in other direclions. Home-seekers in Califor- 




Residbncic ov <.. W Nil dh am, 211 W. Fifth Street, 
nia should make careful inquiries concerning both the quality and quantity 
of the water supply. 

THE NEW I'lEK. 

Perhaps the most striking evidence of the ambition of this rising city is 
her proposal for a new pier. 

The old pier has served its purpose, but it does not meet the needs of the 
present, and still less of the near future. A new pier of the most modern 
design is in order, and the plan adopted is said by expert marine archi- 
tects, to be the most up-to-date affair. As it will be required to meet 
the needs of commerce and sea-going travel, and also to serve pleasure 



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Members of this Order arriving in Long Beach, whether 
they come as visitors or permanent residents will be assured oj 
a welcome at the local lodge. Meeting every Thursday evening 
in the Chapel of the Congregational Church, corner of Third and 
Cedar streets. 



purposes, it will consist of two decks, the lower being- devoted to vehicles, 
freight and baggage, and the upper being exclusively a pleasure promenade. 
The dimensions will be as follows : From the south line of Ocean Park 
Avenue there will be an abutment of walls filled with earth and paved 
ivith cement. This will have a length of 135 feet, and a width of 40 feet. 
From thence to the north line of the pavilion will be a 40-foot walk, giving 
a spacious approach to the pavilion. From the north line of the pavilion 
begins the double-decked wharf, the lower deck being on a level with the 
lower floor of the pavilion. The lower deck will have a roadway 20 feet 
wide, with two sidewalks each 5 feet wide. This will extend 1000 feet, 
where it will widen into a platform 100 feet wide and 312 feet long. The 
upper deck, or promenade, will be 20 feet wide for 1,000 feet, where it will 
widen into a platform 60 feet wide and 200 feet in length. The elegant 
finish will make a work of great beauty. 

The whole will rest upon a substructure known as the "Holmes" sys- 
tem, consisting of piles which are constructed as follows : Three piles are 
driven in a cluster surrounded by a cylinder 4^ feet in diameter. This 
cylinder is then filled with concrete in which is embedded expanded metal. 

The entire length of the pier will be 1830 feet, and its cost $100,000. It 
will be the finest structure for the purpose on the Pacific Coast, and there 
is nothing finer of the kind on the Atlantic. It is hoped to have the pier 
in use in time for the opening- of the summer season of 1904. 

While this will result in a large sea-going passenger traffic through this 
place, its main interest for the tourist and visitor is the opportunity it 
affords for an unrivaled marine promenade above the roaring breakers, 
and out over the ocean billows for 1,800 feet. 

THE STORIED PAST. 

The notion that everything in and around lyong Beach is fresh and crude 
can be dispelled by a few hours drive. After crossing the lowlands to the 
west, we enter a broad avenue of towering eucalyptus, which conducts us 
to a spacious lawn and a stately mansion resembling equally an English 
manor or a Southern home. Near by is a forest in which are scattered 
buildings whose appearance indicates antiquity. These are the remains of 
the famous Drum Barracks. Following the cession of California to the 
United States here was a military station. Strange memories haunt these 



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The Pacific Electric Railway Lines. 
Showing connections with Los Angeles, San Pedro, Pasadena and other points 
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Long Beach Lodge No. 2qo., I. (). (). F. was instituted April 
26, IQ02, and is note a vejy frosperotis and grozving lodge, has a 
good lodge room, finely furnished, o)ic of the best Cornish pianos, 
and an elegant -paraphernalia for degree work. 

Meets erery Thursday evening at I . O. O. F. Hall, 120 West 
Second Street. Brothers "welcome. 




''Del Mar'' Rehekah Lodge No. 275, /. O. O. F, was in- 
stituted April 22, igos, and is composed of a good, live and 
social membership. Meets the first and third Tuesday evenings 
of each month. All sister Rebekahs sojourning in our city are 
welco?ne. 

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TowNSKMi vV KoBi.NSdN Co., CoiiuM of Pine and First. 

cavernous old chimneys— memories of the stirring- days when " Boots and 
Saddles" echoed along- these forest aisles. 

" Tallyho !" we bowl away to Dominguez, a celebrated old Mexican 




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First Presbyterian Church, Corner of Fourth and Pine. Rev. H. B. Gag'e, Pastor. 

rancho. With the exception of an electric railway things here remain 
much as they were when the battle of Doming-uez was fought in this 
vicinity. The repulsed American force then retreated to Cerritos, carry- 
ing their wounded. 




Presbyterian Parsonage, Fourth Street. Residence of Rev. H. B. Gag-e. 




At Wokk on thk Govkrnmknt Brkakwater. 

So at Cerritos we make our next halt. This old rancho is described by 
Dana in his " Two Years Before the Mast." Here he saw his first 
Spanish bull fight, and participated in his first Spanish dance. 






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Residence of Capt. Harry Palmer, 1125 American Avenue. 

Now we cross the flats to Alamitos. Here is a typical Mexican adobe of 
one story, long low and rambling-. Along the east front is a broad piazza 
shaded with flowering shrubs, and before this spreads a spacious lawn 




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Bailey I5kos., West Fourth Street. 

studded with palms and other semi-tropical plants. Within the house are 
choice books, works of art, luxurious rugs and elegant furniture, marking 
it the home of cultured modern life — a singular blending of the old and new. 




RKSmF.NCE OF C. J. Walker, Corner of Fourth ami Cedar. 



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Residence of F. J. SchinNekek, (i34 Locust Aveuue. 

We have taken this hurried round to learn that while Long^ Beach is 
preeminently the city of the future she also has a living relation with 
the storied past. 




Residence of H. P. Starbuck, 711 \V. First Street. 
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San Pedro Harbor. 

THE PACIfIC ELECTRIC R4ILW4Y 

Today the greatest colonizing- element in Southern California is the Pa- 
cific Electric Railway, reaching: forth as it does and bringing-, here a city 
and there a hamlet, nearer by many miles to the metropolis of the 
Southland. 

Among the cities that have been fortunate enough to be on the line of 
this railway are Long Beach, Monrovia, San Gabriel, Pasadena, Whittier 
and many others. 

To see the mountains in all their grandeur one must take the scenic Mt. 
Ivowe division and rise the great height of 5.000 ft. From this height truly 
a birds-eye view of Southern California can be had. There one can see 
Southern California at a glance-mountain ranges lay in endless roll off 
to the northwest, while far to the south is the grand old Pacific play- 
fully reflecting the sun's rays to valley and peak. 

In winter we may snowball at Alpine Tavern and bathe in the surf at 
Long Beach. It is indeed a climatic miracle. 

What will be the eventual outcome of the Southern country? No one can 
tell. Thousands visit it each year and from those thousands it takes its 
growth. Many come and many stay. 

Now they may live not only within the city limits of Los Angeles, but 
miles outside, and have acreage for their homes with quick and frequent 
service to and from all points. 

The Pacific Electric Company's cars will center in the new $1,000,000 
depot now building at the corner of Sixth and Main streets, Los Angeles, 
which is the largest building of its kind west of the Rockies. 

Write Gen'l Pass. Dept., Sixth and Main^Sts., Los Angeles, Cal., for 
literature. 



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THE LONG BEACH BUSINESS COLLEGE 

This institution is a high-grade business and shorthand training school, 
offering complete and comprehensive courses of study under superior in- 
structors. The equipment is modern, the Commercial department being 
fitted up with roll-top office desks and adjustable chairs. The Typewriting 
department is supplied with a sufficient number of machines of the stand- 
ard makes, and machines are also placed in the homes of students taking 
the complete Shorthand course. The school is in .session throughout the 
year, and students may enter at any time to equal advantage. A Night 
School, offering the same courses of study, is conducted from October to 




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Boardinsr Department of Long Beach Business Collesre. 



June. The Home Study department offers instruction by correspondence 
in all the subjects regularly taught in the school. 

A College Home is maintained for the benefit of non-resident students, 
the object being to provide a safe and pleasant home at the lowest possible 
rates. The Home is a large, thoroughly modern and well furnished house, 
located on one of the best residence streets, American Avenue. An expe- 
rienced and competent matron is in charge, and the teachers live in the 
Home. The expense of board, room and tuition ranges from $125 upward 
for a term of 24 weeks. The regulations which usually obtain in properly 
conducted boarding schools are observed here. 

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